dateCompare methods that return a value based on how two dates
compare, with an optional milliseconds offset.
dateCompare
dateCompare(dateA, dateB) returns a value based on how two dates
compare, with an optional milliseconds offset.
Parameters
- dateA
- A date object.
- dateB
- A date object.
Returns
Returns 1 if dateA is greater than dateB, else returns 0.
Example
<#assign isoDateA = "2012-01-05T16:52:43.319Z">
<#assign isoDateB = "2011-12-05T16:52:43.319Z">
<#assign dateA = xmldate(isoDateA)>
<#assign dateB = xmldate(isoDateB)>
<p>result: ${dateCompare(dateA, dateB)}</p>
The preceding code snippet would produce output as follows:
result: 1
This signifies that dateA is greater (newer) than dateB.
dateCompare
dateCompare returns a value based on how two dates compare, with
an optional milliseconds offset.
Parameters
- dateA
- A date object.
- dateB
- A date object.
- millis
- An offset in milliseconds.
Returns
Returns 1 if dateA is greater than dateB by at least millis, else returns 0.
Example
dateCompare
dateCompare returns a value based on how two dates compare, with
an optional milliseconds offset.
Parameters
- dateA
- A date object.
- dateB
- A date object.
- millis
- An offset in milliseconds.
- test
- The test variable is one of the following strings: ">", "<", "==".
Returns
Returns 1 if the test result is positive, else returns 0.